Nicholas Jolly, Director of Academics / Deputy Head of Senior School

One of my favourite initiatives here in the Senior School is BASFAD (Be A Student For A Day). Willing teachers shadow a student of their choice for the day attending all lessons and undertaking all learning activities – the idea being that teachers see learning through the eyes of a learner. Below is one of our awesome science teachers, Mr Morehen, who did BASFAD this week looking splendid in full school uniform! So what do our teachers say about their experience? That sitting in class for long periods is exhausting! So is the general busyness of learning, bouncing from one activity to the next. This serves as a good reminder for us teachers to enable occasional movement in lessons to stimulate learners,  and to free up time for deep and authentic thinking and reflection.

Parents of students in Years 7-10 please note the following date for our upcoming live webinar on Canvas and the Continuous Report.

What:   Parent Webinar: Accessing Canvas and the Continuous Report

When: Tuesday, 10 September at 6pm.

Where: Live online webinar. I will share the link for this in next week’s newsletter.

Have a great week.

Nicholas Jolly
Director of Academics / Deputy Head of Senior School